It's early days in the Super League and both Lugano and Young Boys are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Europa League. That game was also an away game, at CFR Cluj. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
It should be mentioned that Young Boys play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Young Boys on grass are 14 victories, 11 draws and 9 defeats from 34 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 60-48. You can compare this with overall results below.
Lugano form and stats
Lugano have collected seven points from their first three Super League games here at Stadio di Cornaredo, a promising start.
Lugano's last game was hosting St. Gallen (placed 2nd) and winning 1-0. Before that, Lugano played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Vaduz.
Lugano goalkeeper Noam Baumann did an outstanding job against St. Gallen with six saves, so vital to securing the victory.
Lugano have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio di Cornaredo with 5 goals in 3 league matches. 3 goals have been conceded.
Young Boys form and stats
Things could have gone better for Young Boys in their Super League away matches, but 2 points from 2 games is all right. Young has drawn their two previous away games.
Young Boys has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to CFR Cluj for a Europa League game that ended a draw (1-1). Before that, Young secured a home win against Luzern with the score 2-1.
A new game in only four days for Young, the Europa League home match versus CSKA Sofia. Busy days.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Young Boys has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Lugano won one, Young Boys won seven and two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Guidotti 2 goals |  A. Gerndt 2 goals |   J. Nsamé 2 goals |
Lugano missing players
Young Boys missing players
| Lugano | Young Boys | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 20% | 33% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 100% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 40% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 3.7 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 41 | 23 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 35 | 77 |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| 53% | 56% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 16% |
- Lugano have not yet lost a game.
- Lugano have scored in all their matches so far.
- Lugano haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Young Boys has the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Super League
- Young Boys has the fewest conceded goals (2) in Super League
- Young Boys has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (0) in Super League
- Young Boys has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Super League
- Young Boys has the most clean sheets (2) away in Super League
- Young Boys has the most matches under the total-line (5) in Super League
- Young Boys has the most points from losing position (6) in Super League
- Young Boys have failed to score a single goal away.
- Young Boys have not yet lost a game.
- Young Boys have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Young Boys have yet to win a game away.
- Young Boys is in the best form (3-2-0)
| Lugano | Last season | Young Boys | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 23 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 6 | ||
| 46 | 18 | Scored | S | 29 | 80 | ||
| 46 | 17 | Conceded | C | 26 | 41 | ||
| 86% | 78% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 97% | ||
| 69% | 56% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 72% | 78% | ||
| 47% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 58% | ||
| 25% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 39% | 47% | ||
| 14% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 28% | 33% | ||
| 53% | 44% | BTTS | BTTS | 44% | 47% | ||
| 31% | 39% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 42% | ||
| 31% | 39% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 14% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 400 | 188 | Total Shots | T S | 248 | 517 | ||
| 151 | 59 | Shots on Target | S O | 75 | 174 | ||
| 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 46% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | St. Gallen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Lugano | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Lausanne Sport | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | Basel | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Servette | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 7 | Zurich | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | Sion | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Luzern | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 2 |
| 10 | Vaduz | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 2 |